Doctor helps injured runners in new way

Doctor Laura Hagley is fusing technology with physical therapy and has brought Video Gait Analysis for Runners to the Valley Regional Hospital. Through recording patients running on a treadmill from different angles, she uses a computer program to dissect their stride.

"The video really helps us to slow down to see exactly what's going on bio-mechanically from the back and from the side," said Hagley.

The technology allows her to pinpoint certain complications in patients and helps them come up with an exercise regimen to aid their recovery.

As an avid runner herself, Hagley saw the need for a program like this.

"I've had people asking me all the time, 'Can you look at me run? You're a therapist, tell me this and tell me that,''' she said. "I just needed a platform to do it in a professional setting."

Hagley hopes that this analysis is used, not only to treat injured runners, but as a training tool for a variety of sports sometime in the future.

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